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The Dancers Forefoot Injury Caused by Bruise Official Diagnosis Stresses Fact Of No Bone Trouble of Any Kind BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., June 4. The mysterious foot trouble that kept Native Dancer out of the Suburban Handicap was officially declared today to be the result of a bruise. Bill Winfrey, trainer and Alfred Vander-bilt, owner of the champion, this morning announced that Dr. William Wright, veterinary in charge of Native Dancer, has made the following diagnosis of the trouble with the horses forefoot: "Bruised digital cushion with a secondary inflamation of the bursae between the coffin bone and navicular bone." Winfrey emphasized the fact that there was no bone trouble of any kind. He added that they expect the horse to go back into training and to race again. "If we. could see what the trouble was and clean it up visually and know what we were doing, we could move quickly. Under these conditions, we must be very sure we do not have any setback which might prevent Native Dancer running again. Mr. Vanderbilt is most anxious for him to race again this year and so am I before he closes out his career. "I think now that it will be roughly 10 days before we get shoes on him again, but in two weeks, if he continues, we will have him under saddle and galloping again. However, it will be considerably longer before we put any pressure on him as pressure obviously is what brings back his soreness. In the meantime, we continue the treatment of tubbing and poulticing. He seems fine, is comfortable and happy."
